The railway is located on the Hornbæk Line from Helsingør to Gilleleje and opened in 1916.

[1] The train services are currently operated by the railway company Lokaltog which runs frequent local train services between Helsingør station and Gilleleje station.

[2] The halt opened in 1916 as the Helsingør-Hornbæk railway line from Helsingør along the coast of the Øresund to Hornbæk was continued from Hornbæk station onwards along the coast to Gilleleje.

On 16 January 1918, however, the new Gilleleje station serving both railway lines was inaugurated.

[2] Lokaltog runs frequent local train services from Gilleleje East railway halt to Gilleleje station and Helsingør station with onward connections from there to the rest of Denmark.